Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Explainable AI, scalable probabilistic inference and learning, probabilistic programming, statistical relational learning, commonsence reasoning, automated planning, and unifying logic and probability more generally.
Qualifications
2012, PhD, RWTH Aachen University.
2008, MS, University of Trento.
2008, MS, RWTH Aachen University.
Biography
Vaishak Belle is a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He is affiliated with the School of Informatics and CISA. He was previously at KU Leuven (Belgium), University of Toronto (Canada), Aachen University of Technology (Germany) and University of Trento (Italy).
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An algebraic framework for hierarchical probabilistic abstraction
Upreti, N. & Belle, V., 21 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Learning and Reasoning. Dai, W.-Z. (ed.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, p. 129-146 18 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16059).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Language-agnostic semantics for implicit learning as reasoning: Extended abstract
Belle, V., 21 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Learning and Reasoning. Dai, W.-Z. (ed.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, p. 218-227 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16059).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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MisCC: Misinformation detection on counterfactual claims
Li, X., Belle, V. & Ross, B., 21 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Learning and Reasoning. Dai, W.-Z. (ed.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, p. 253-267 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16059).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Reasoning about neural network perception in the situation calculus
Belle, V. & Liu, D., 21 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Learning and Reasoning. Dai, W.-Z. (ed.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, p. 228-237 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16059).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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The future is neuro-symbolic: Where has it been, and where is it going?
Belle, V. & Marcus, G., 26 Oct 2025, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the 40th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI Press, p. 1-8 8 p. (Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Activities
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Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID): Guided Expert Tours
Hood, B. (Speaker), Belle, V. (Speaker), Moruzzi, C. (Speaker) & Koterwas, T. (Speaker)
14 Aug 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
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18th Edition of the European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence
Belle, V. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
21 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Artificial Intelligence (Journal)
Belle, V. (Editor), Bolander, T. (Editor), Herzig, A. (Editor) & Nebel, B. (Editor)
21 Dec 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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AIUK 2022
Hemment, D. (Speaker), Vidmar, M. (Speaker), Panas, D. (Speaker), Camara Leret, I. (Speaker), Fefegha, L. (Speaker), Easton, E. (Speaker), Belle, V. (Speaker), Harvey, A. (Speaker), Walsh, M. (Contributor), Sarimento, D. (Contributor), Koppel, K. (Contributor), Mackinnon, S. (Contributor) & Fooshee, J. A. (Contributor)
23 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Experiential AI: Entanglements – Fair, Moral and Transparent AI
Hemment, D. (Speaker), Murray-Rust, D. (Speaker), Pschetz, L. (Speaker) & Belle, V. (Speaker)
8 Sept 2019Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Best Paper Award
Li, X. (Recipient), Belle, V. (Recipient) & Ross, B. (Recipient), 22 Sept 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Understanding and Improving the Behaviour of AI Agents in Competitive and Cooperative Games
Miceli Barone, A. (Principal Investigator), Belle, V. (Co-investigator) & Cohen, S. (Co-investigator)
5/02/25 → 4/02/26
Project: Research
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Efficient Inference and Learning in Probabilistic Logical Models: Open-World Modelling and Neurosymbolic AI
Belle, V. (Principal Investigator)
20/01/25 → 19/07/29
Project: Research
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BRAID (Enabling A Responsible AI Ecosystem)
Vallor, S. (Principal Investigator), Belle, V. (Co-investigator), Bhuta, N. (Co-investigator), Hood, B. (Co-investigator), Luger, E. (Co-investigator), Luger, E. (Co-investigator) & Sethi, N. (Co-investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
14/11/22 → 13/11/28
Project: Research
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The New Real ¿ Trust and acceptance in networked, online experiences to enable and support post-COVID19 recovery
Belle, V. (Principal Investigator)
1/01/21 → 31/10/22
Project: Research
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The New Real � Trust and acceptance in networked, online experiences to enable and support post-COVID19 recovery
Belle, V. (Principal Investigator), Currie, M. (Co-investigator) & Hill, R. (Co-investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/01/21 → 31/10/22
Project: Research